Brooke Burns Quotes

Girls really like for doors to be opened for them. Guys should really remember that.

I'm not old-fashioned when it comes to dating, but there's something nice about a guy pulling out a girl's chair and opening the door for her, even if it's just in the beginning.

If you're walking with your lady on the sidewalk, I still like to see a man walking street-side, to protect the lady from traffic. I grew up with that, and I hate to see something like that get lost. I still like to see that a man opens the door. I like those touches of chivalry that are fast disappearing.

That's something I learned from both my stepdad and my grandfather - that there is a thing called chivalry, and it doesn't have to die with the birth of the Internet. The way I see it, if you're asking a girl out on a date, it's only right to do it in a way that she can hear your voice.

I'm a Southern girl. I like when they open the door and pull out a chair. I'm really into a man's man.

I hold the door for the ladies - I'm a gent.

Men don't know enough about being courteous toward women. You should get into a cab before a woman so she doesn't have to slide across the seat. And you should always go first into a revolving door so she doesn't have to push - unless it's moving, then let her go first.

I think a gentleman is someone who holds the comfort of other people above their own. The instinct to do that is inside every good man, I believe. The rules about opening doors and buying dinner and all of that other 'gentleman' stuff is a chess game, especially these days.

I love an old-school gentleman. Picking me up for dates, sending flowers, holding the door open, I love it all.

I'm trying to be more of a gentleman.

I'm progressive in some ways, old-fashioned in others. I like it when guys hold the door open and are sweet and thoughtful.

My dad was a particularly polite kind of guy, very courteous. So when we got on a bus, he would always encourage me and my younger brother to get up and offer our seat to an old lady. I grew up kind of liking that, thinking, y'know, that's a nice thing, that's a courtesy.

There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy.

I want a gentleman. Someone with manners.

Hold the door for a lady. Wait until a lady is out of the elevator.

I heard that chivalry was dead, but I think it's just got a bad flue.

I quite like it when I'm on the Tube and people offer me their seat. Sometimes I take it. The other day I was offered a seat by a pregnant lady. I thought, 'That's going a bit far.'

I like to be bought flowers and taken out for dinner. I like a man to be a gentleman. I don't like to be treated as if I am brainless. I like to be respected and to give respect.

A gentleman is never rude except on purpose - I can honestly be nasty sober, believe you me.

I'm very much a gentleman in what I do.

My philosophy is that one must always give a lady what she wants. That never goes out of style.

Gone are the days when a gentleman lightly took your hand in his and brushed his lips across it, or tipped his hat to acknowledge you as he chivalrously stepped aside to let you pass.

A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.

Gentlemen don't do that.

If a man holds a door open for me or pulls back a chair so that this old bag can sit down, I'm delighted.